Rutilus meidingerii

Rutilus meidingeri

Fish Reaching Seventy Centimeters in European Waters

Temperate
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Europe
Fusiform
Large
Temperate fish

Rutilus meidingeri, the pearlfish, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, Eurasian minnows and related fishes. This species is currently thought to be endemic to Austria but it may occur in Slovakia or Hungary.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Minnows, Carps, and Loaches
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Rutilus
Maximum length: 70 cm
Water: Freshwater
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Europe: Austrian subalpine Lakes Attersee, Mondsee and Wolfgangsee; a small population in Austrian stretch of Danube. Extirpated in Lakes Traunsee in Austria and Chiemsee in Germany. Rutilus populations of uncertain identity from upper Tisza system (Slovakia, Hungary) might belong to this species.
Conservation status: NTNear Threatened

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